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Franca Bülow is a Post doctoral fellow and scientific co-ordination of an interdisciplinary, Lower Saxony project consortium on the sustainability governance of global supply chains in the field of “Sustainability Policy and Governance of Global Value Chains (GVC)”.
She is a political scientist, and holds a PhD from the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, where she worked on her dissertation ’Essays on (Mal)Adaptation to Climate Change and Environmental Problems'. She was also part of he EU-funded project Baltic Gender during that time.
Franca works in interdisciplinary contexts to advance our understanding of why and how people and institutions change. Her work revolves around climate change and resilience on the one hand and diversity, equity, and inclusion on the other hand. She studies effects of communication and framing on individuals, groups and organisations, combining linguistic and other data analysis, behavioural change experiments, and design thinking/scenario work with stakeholder engagement.
Franca has previously worked as a Lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand, Department of Environmental Management, where she was the academic Co-ordinator for the Master of Natural Resource Management and Ecological Engineering, a joint programme with BOKU, Vienna. Before that, she worked as a post doctoral researcher at the School of Earth and Environment, Canterbury University, New Zealand, funded by Bioprotection Aotearoa, the National Science Challenge Resilience to Nature’s Challenges, and Te Punaha Matatini. For an overview of this work, click here.
Education/Academic qualification
Politikwissenschaften (vergleichend), Doctorate , Title: ’Essays on (Mal)Adaptation to Climate Change and Environmental Problems’, Kiel University
10.2014 → 06.2018
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Poltikwissenschaft und English Studies, Master, Title: ’Implementing the CAP in the East Midlands: Does England’s Policy Architecture provide for Agricultural Adaptation and Resilient Farming?’, EU-Project ’ECONADAPT’ (The Economics of Climate Change Adaptation), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIC)., Trier University
10.2012 → 09.2014
Summer Session in Asian Studies, Sophia University
07.2013 → 08.2013
Politikwissenschaft und English Studies, Bachelor, BA Thesis Title: ’Governance Diskurse, eine kritische Auseinandersetzung’., RWTH Aachen University
10.2009 → 09.2012
External positions
Lecturer, Lincoln University
05.2024 → 11.2024
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury
12.2022 → 05.2024
Researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
12.2021 → 10.2022
Projektmitarbeiterin und Community Managerin, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein e.V.
04.2020 → 06.2022
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
02.2020 → 08.2020
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Kiel University
09.2018 → 09.2021
Environmental Social Scientist, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
09.2017 → 05.2018
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Gleichstellungsbüro, EU Horizon Project ’Baltic Gender’, Dr. Ines Werner, Kiel University
05.2017 → 09.2017
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, PhD Kandidatin, Senatsmitglied, Stellv.Gleichstellungsbeauftragte WiSo Fakultät, ERASMUS Koordination Politikwissenschaften, Kiel University
10.2014 → 09.2017
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Go-Chains: Research Consortium ‘Sustainability governance of global value chains’
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Lenschow, A. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Bülow, F. (Coordination), Ehbauer, B. (Project staff), Makris, J. (Project staff), Bäumler, J. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Schüßler, E. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Velte, P. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Teuteberg, F. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Schall, A. (Co-Projectmanager, academic), Franz, M. (Project manager, academic), Busse, C. (Project manager, academic), Lay, J. (Project manager, academic), Jost, H. (Project staff), Evers, K. (Project staff), Große, N. (Project staff), Bongert, F. J. (Project staff), Pohurskyy, S. (Project staff), Kamphues, F. (Project staff), Verfürth, P. (Project staff), Dahiya, S. (Project staff), Zuo, J. (Project staff), Steglich, F. (Project staff) & Raval, S. S. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony in Germany
01.08.24 → 31.07.28
Project: Research
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Convergence, absence, capture: The trajectory of thirty years of public debate about genetic modification in Aotearoa New Zealand
Nissen, S., Palmer, A., Cretney, R., Bülow, F. & Black, A., 12.2026, In: Geoforum. 177, 11 p., 104810.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Framing agricultural change in New Zealand: comparing media and policy discourse
Bülow, F. & Greer, Z., 09.2026, In: Climate Risk Management. 53, 14 p., 100840.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Communicating change, transition, and transformation for adaptation in agriculture: a comparative analysis of climate change communication in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Bülow, F., Liao, A., Cradock-Henry, N. & Brower, A., 09.2025, In: Regional Environmental Change. 25, 3, 16 p., 97.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Engagement for genetic modification technologies in conservation: For whom, how, and for what ends?
Nissen, S., Bülow, F., Taitingfong, R. & Black, A., 09.2025, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 171, 8 p., 104190.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Framing resilience: Post-disaster communication in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Buelow, F., Brower, A. & Cradock-Henry, N., 01.02.2025, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 117, 13 p., 105167.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 5 Conference Presentations
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Policy Cues, Organisational Translation, and Sustainability Outcomes in Global Supply Chains
Bülow, F. (Speaker)
24.06.2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Perspectives on Sovereignty and Mandatory Due Diligence
Bülow, F. (Speaker)
09.06.2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
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Framing agricultural change in New Zealand: media and policy discourses on transitions
Bülow, F. (Speaker) & Greer, Z. (Speaker)
13.10.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Communicating change, transition, and transformation for adaptation in agriculture: a comparative NLP analysis of climate change discourses.
Bülow, F. (Speaker)
12.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Effects of Global Supply Chain Due Diligence Regulations – Case Survey.
Bülow, F. (Speaker)
11.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research